Maximum url length

long dynamic urls not spidered

[starec]

I seem to have problem getting some new dynamic ulrs spidered. The structure (number of parameters passed) of the url is not different to that of the rest of my pages, however, it is about 20 characters longer.

I can't think of another reason than some maximum dynamic url lenght limit.

Does anybody have a similar experience with long dynamic urls? If so, what is the maximum url length spidered?

Are there other reasons why a dynamic url would not be spidered by Googlebot?

[gethan]

I don't know the maximum length - but I've noticed the same, urls with long query strings don't get indexed. The logic behind this is probably that the longer the query string the more likely it is to contain session data and therefore not be appropriate.

Eg. In php session_start() - used for holding variable values server side causes ALL links in the page to be given ?PHPSESSID=AS3rD3vdf43vfdd43gds433 extensions. Google would not and should not index that.

I've seen similar tactics used by other server side technologies.

[Liane]

Hi starec,

Go here: [searchengineworld.com...]

[starec]

Liane, thanks for the link.

The problem with dynamic urls is that the length rules are just not the same as for normal urls (I think).

I will just make them shorter to make sure I fit in and see if it helps:)

[Brett_Tabke]

Right starec dynamic is different. (plus that other page is very, very dated now - pre dynamic indexing by Google).

The problem with them is getting them to rank well at all - regardless of the site.

The last time I checked, I think 70 chars was the cutoff point.

[NeoN]

Hello all! Guys, where is the article of how to configure the Unix, so the urls are like Amazon : site.com/script/parameter/.../???
Is that is through .htaceess ReWrite???
Thank you!

[Marcia]

Instructions for mod_rewrite [httpd.apache.org] and the basic Apache URL rewriting guide [httpd.apache.org].

NeoN, you can also do a site search (top left) for mod_rewrite. There have been a number of discussions about it.